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CLIFTON PARK (Feb. 10) -- Anyone can head to the chain drugstore to buy a heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentines Day, but how special is that? Does it show how special your love is -- even if you opt for one of the mass-produced "gourmet" chocolate companies? There are much better -- more
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CLIFTON PARK (Feb. 4) -- Pasta Pane, the newest eatery from Saratoga Springs restauranteur David Zecchini, officially opens for business at 5 p.m. Saturday. But before it does, the restaurant will be holding a preview party to benefit Hannah's Hope Fund. From 5-8 p.m. Friday, there will be free s
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CLIFTON PARK (Jan. 30) -- When Wheatfields made the pledge "from local fields to your plate," the restaurant never realized how difficult it would be. Afterall, the Hudson Valley is a fertile farming area growing a variety of delicious foods. How to get those foods to the two Wheatfields location
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HALFMOON (Nov. 24) -- Salty's Pub & Bistro owner John Marzilli says it's no big deal, that he wishes he could do more. He is, after all, only providing more than 300 free turkey dinners on Thanksgiving. Marzilli buys all the food and does the cooking, while the Twin Bridges Rotary handles the pub
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CLIFTON PARK (Nov. 23) -- With a name like The Pasta Factory, you'd naturally expect the hot new item on the menu to be ... beef on weck? The sandwich -- a favorite in Western New York -- is just one of the many changes since the Clifton Park Center restaurant rebranded itself after leaving the N
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CLIFTON PARK (Nov. 3) -- You might think of The Getaway as a sports bar. Its walls are filled with jerseys and TVs tuned to ESPN or the night's big game. But there's no bar. At least not one that serves alcohol. If someone wants to buy a friend a drink, a root-beer float is considered the hard st
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CLIFTON PARK (Oct. 20) -- Two big names in the Saratoga Springs dining scene will be opening Clifton Park restaurants durning the next few months. WOW Restaurants, which owns Wheatfields in Saratoga Springs, is aiming for a mid-November opening of its second Wheatfields location -- this one at Th
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GALWAY (Oct. 9) -- From Clifton Park to Mechanicville, Jonesville to Galway, area food pantries are seeing dramatically increased demand this year. At some of the pantries, this has meant empty shelves. Others are doing OK but are eagerly awaiting supplies from the food drives that normally occur
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MECHANICVILLE (Sept. 24) -- You might not need a food pantry, but your food budget still might need a little help. If so, the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York has a program for you. For example, in October you can buy 1.5 pounds of bacon-wrapped pork medallions, 2 pounds of chicken ten
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HALFMOON (Jan. 20) -- With the economy as bad as it is, you would think local governments would do what they could to he...
CLIFTON PARK -- Imagine a classroom full of preschoolers minding their manners -- and having fun doing it. Welcome to...
WATERFORD -- The Friends of the Waterford Library might be a small group, but it has big plans for the upcoming year. ...
